VENUS Transit of The SUN, 2012

Image: Linda Goodman’s Star Cards

Perhaps you’ve already heard the buzz, about our currently retrograding gal Venus. As she is in the state of review while taking her backwards steps through Gemini, the sign that either unites or unties it all, she is going to do some pretty magical flirting with our mighty Sun 05 June, 9:09pmEDT/6:09pmPDT. These two benevolent planets team up at the very same 15th degree within The Twins for an astrological and astronomical event not seen since 2004, and one that only occurs twice in 8 years over an approximate 122 or 105-year period.

Do your research and you’ll discover The Mayans deeply understood this rare alignment of the Earth, Venus and the Sun to be such a powerful gateway to receive some real positive energy and channels of change from above down here below. Taking our planet of love, harmony and pleasure and letting her pair up exactly with the almighty Sun, and her energy is a force that will emit incredible things to embrace. However, even though, it’s all about to really start happening in Gemini right now with our recent Solar Eclipse 20 May and Jupiter about to jovially make the Gemini’s smile- you can not leave out that she isn’t looking where she is going.

There is still review to be had within the ongoing Venus Retrograde in Gemini and the means that it relates to our individual lives. Equally it is interesting to consider Monday 04 June’s Lunar Eclipse at the 14 degree of Sagittarius which offers up to aim in release and letting go period for over 6 months from the very opposing area of the life. As our North Node also has been transiting with The Archer since March 2011 -casting off a period of new emotional understanding and alignment where it expands your Zodiac Pie- the South Node in The Twins has been preparing the stage that Gemini is about to give a truly almost unbelievable show upon. The Nodes move on into the Taurus/Scorpio opposition for an 18month pass upon 29 August.

Jupiter gets excited to intellectualize and bring growth to The Twins starting 11 June- but Venus will stay in reflection  mode until 27 June. So as this rare transit of Venus crossing the Sun occurs at 15 degrees Gemini- the magic from it, in how it will be able to move us forward, will be on a slight delay. After she goes Direct, she will cross back over this 15 degree point upon 19 July, when we’ll also be experiencing a New Moon in Cancer. This is when you’ll receive some true pa-pow from seeing the continual positive affects from the Gemini slice of life.  (and yes… while Mercury will be Retrograde again by the 14 July, we’ll save The Messengers’ review period for another blog entry.)

Numerologically, The Chaldeans perspective of numbers casts more insightful light. First, the 15th degree of Gemini point- with the 15 representing ‘The Magician.’ What is more than likely the most important thing to visualize upon the alignment of our Sun and Venus is the image of having a midas touch where your natal 15 degree Gemini falls within the birth chart. You have magic to sow from this place for quite some time. Harmony is here as the 15 also reduces to a singular 6, a Venus guided cipher.  Goal setting is a wise way to spend some time upon 05 June. And don’t forget to DREAM BIG.

Right after those Nodes go on to get emotional with The Bull and The Eagle, Jupiter will be triggering this very same 15 Gemini degree point from 05 to 19 September. Get ready for some true adventure to be alive and very very well in this part of your life. The seeds of those big dreams you will plant now for the Universe to sow will start to see a little happiness sprouting up to start to SMILE the MILES for you.

Now, there is this pair understanding that happens with this auspicious occasion of our Sun and Venus bond -give or take every 105 or 122 years- so now we are going to go back a little ways to 2004. Oddly enough- 08 June 2004, Venus was also Retrograding in Gemini at the 17th degree when it last met up with the Sun there. Jupiter- was over in Virgo soon to form a square in the whole planetary picture, very close to where the current Mars in Virgo is at present.

Remembering that the 17’s ‘The Star of the Magi’ presence was part of the last Sun/Venus alignment, what was evolving from this part of the life in 2004 was a true learning from the experience time in the life. There is much from this time that will never be forgotten in its’ significance, so it is wise to remember what wisdom wishes to in a sense, remain eternalized.
With the 2004 17 deg Gemini and now 2012 15 deg Gemini Sun Venus alignment degree points so close, it is well advised to get out your memory banks and see what you can relate about what is happening in your life today, and the journey to get here now from 8 years ago. Whatever Current Personal Year Cycle you were within 2004, you will be experiencing that very same energy again one year from now, as another cycle of completion now begins as well. So keep pondering those IDEAS as AIDES, and you will discover how The Twins wish to make a UNITE and not the UNTIE.

Enjoy your SILENT LISTEN 05 June. In that STILLNESS… I INSTILL IN a LISTEN… I LET IT SIT IN SILENT TIES IN TEN…. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9…TEN! I ENLIST IT.

 

The Value of Venus Retrograde, 15 May to 27 June

Venus Retrograde
15 May to 27 June
23 deg to 07 deg Gemini

While the very word “retrograde” scares the average star follower, bear in mind, our planet of love, harmony, and luxury hasn’t take a real vacation since November of 2010 when she was evening the score in Scorpio and Libra.  For the next few weeks as our Sun transits in Taurus, Gemini and Cancer, Venus will be resting up once more. Even though we aren’t so warned to watch out for zaniness as we are under such planetary reflection as Mercury and Mars permit- a Venus Retrograde brings us to a deeper sense of what we value within our lives, what’s it all really worth and truly how we relate to it all.

One of the Zodiac’s benefic and inner planets, Venus’s influence grants gentleness, ease, and strength wherever her graceful energy is currently visiting within the Zodiac Pie. She began her station to Retrograde on 08 May, as she is now slowly moving at the 23rd degree of Gemini. As she decides to not “look where she is going,” the collective can expect the natural benefits of this transit while in Gemini to be up for review.

Venus affects the collective’s values- as well as our earning potential, money, romance, and our ability to tap into the feminine. Relationships, especially new ones, should be carefully monitored over this time. Beginning a new romance or initiating a marriage especially are not favored courses of action. However, this a prominent time when old love affairs and people you once knew return: so have fun remembering, or realize why they aren’t an active part of your life anymore!

All kinds of creative endeavors involving anything new in the area of beauty enhancements, (i.e. redecorating, home improvements, haircutting/coloring, cosmetic surgery), tend to not go over well. Have you any already underway or unfinished creative projects, this passage will grant the perfect time to revisit them. Some of the most amazing artistic endeavors can find their way to completion under this passage.

Dealings in the financial areas of life are especially wise to delay any major decisions for long-term success until after 27 June. Past debts may surface, and these should be addressed. Releasing at this time what is no longer of value to you or seemingly “worth it,” is also favored. So, if you’ve got a money situation or a lingering legality that needs clearing up, this is a perfect place for focus.

Wonderful ways to appreciate Venus Retrograde:
BE charitable with money.
WATCH over-spending.
AVOID buying luxury items.
DO scoop up any bargains! THIS is totally Venus-approved!
BE GRATEFUL for what you already own and who you already know.
REASSESS what is worthy of appreciation: keep it or toss it!
EMBRACE falling in love all over again- or let it GO!
VISIT ART! Whether at a museum, gallery, performance, or through nature, Venus enhances our appreciation and value of it at this time, and the older, the better.

What is the most fortunate outcome of Venus’s reflection period will be seen soon after she begins to move forward once more at 07 degrees Gemini upon 27 June. Equally, close by enough to form a conjunction will be our South Node at 04 degrees and Jupiter at 03 degrees Gemini. Excitement will begin to pick back up within this area of your life as the current transiting South Node indicates where, if you are being emotionally responsible to the opposite area of your Zodiac Pie in Sagittarius, seemingly effortless attraction is showing up where The Twins unite it all.

Toss in the extra boost from abundant and joyful Jupiter who starts it’s transit with The Twins 11 June, and the Gemini slice of life is going to be where you see beauty and grace truly start to shine from within. Oh yes, and don’t forget the Solar Eclipse 20 May at 0 degrees Gemini. These natural initiations may seem to be on pause- but as Venus goes Direct, these will be ready to start flowing with a myriad of energy you may not even be able to keep up with. Remember, she’ll be still moving slowly until 02 July at 07 degrees Gemini, when she comes off her station in ultimate forward motion again.

One world of caution speaks from those wise Fishes, who may cause a little sense of tension from where Neptune at 03 degrees Pisces is going to square off this whole new clever communications deal about what we have learned to appreciate new found values within by 27 June. Just like the word retrograde, a “square” is nothing to be afraid of either. Simply look to a square as a request to start formulating structure and foundation within the life, and there is no reason to feel cornered. Recognizing both perspectives are necessary for energy to become stronger and reliable is how any square is won-over. So, where 03-07 degrees Gemini-Pisces adjoins in your Zodiac Pie, is where you’ll find, with gentleness and understanding, you can find reward and eventual sustainability.

From the collective perspective, in the meantime while we all take up in value-oriented review, see where you are best to focus upon and take a bit of retreat- admire, weight the pros and cons, and then eliminate what is not worth the effort any longer. If you know your Rising Sign/Ascendant, and it falls within the earlier degrees of it, this key will equally apply to your natal chart’s advice for this passage. Yet, we do always advise, have a professional astrologer do your math for you.

Aries: I Communicate Thinking/Mentality/Communications
Taurus: I Have Values/Earning Power/Possessions
Gemini: I Am Approaches/Mask to the World/Motivations
Cancer: I Process Inner Psyche/Clearing of the Past
Leo: I Socialize Innovations/Friendships/Organizations
Virgo: I Structure Career/Public Life/Opportunities
Libra: I Believe Philosophies/Foreign Travel/Education
Scorpio: I Transform Transformations/Sexuality/Wealth
Sagittarius: I Relate Partnerships/Marriage/Balance with Others
Capricorn: I Serve Health/Being of Service/Employees/Pets
Aquarius: I Create Creativity/Children/Love Affairs
Pisces: I Nurture Home/Family/Emotions/Environments

Lexigrams are never meant to be left our of the RETROGRADE fun, as well, wherever retrograde “rain” is falling, it’s that necessary time when we’ve just GOT TO surrender, and GO REDO, REORDER. As our romantic and value-loving planet attracts herself to the title, how apropos the anagrams we find that can be phrased to tell us just how to reap reward and stay in true tune with ‘As Above, So Below.’

VENUS RETROGRADE
*GO TO A TRUE TUNE: USE NO EGO TO EARN
*GO AND RESET AVENUES TO EARN NEAR
*GO AND RESET AVENUES TO SAVE NEAR
*GO TO SURE ADVENTURES TO RESTORE
*GOT TO REDO A TRUE TREASURE
*GOT TO GO AND REUSE TO RESTORE
*GOT TO USE A STRONGER URGE TO REVERSE
*GO TO A RETARD TO REROUTE
*GREAT TRADER ENDEAVORS ARE VAGUE- SO DON’T DO ONE!
*TRADERS GO TO RENOVATE SAVED REVENUES
*TRADES ARE TENSE TO DO OVER A VENUS RETRO ERA
*REVENUES ARE TO UNDERGO A REVERSE AND RETURNS
*REVENUES NEAR GREED SEE SURGENT OVERTURNS
*GO TO A SOUND GENEROUS URGE
*GO ON…GO TO NATURE AS ONE SURE RESTORE
*GO TO A GRANDEST GREEN GROUND, A GARDEN
*GO TEND TO AN OVERDUE REGARD
*GOT TO SURRENDER TO REENTER AND REGROUND
*GO TO NO REGRETS, AND SEND OUT GRAND REGARDS
*TONGUES NEED TO RESONATE A TRUE REASON
*NO GRUNTS NO GROANS, DO NOT GO TO DANGEROUS REVENUE ADVENTURES
*GO ON AN ART ADVENTURE
*GO TO GENERATE AND GREET GRAND GESTURES

Appreciate this time for reassessment where The Twins unite it in your Zodiac Pie Dear Stars. Once 27 June comes to pass, the activity within this area of the life will start to stir and reap goodness within your life unlike any other in quite some time. You are deserving. So rest and reset now, then happily gather your reward later!

A Quick Word on The Idealist…

Venus enters Gemini 


03 April 

11:18am EDT
Our planet of harmony, ease, balance and pleasantries joins up with The Twins for quite a longer visit that usual. Due to the upcoming Venus Retrograde that starts 15 May, Venus is going to sharpen up her intellect and get clever in the sign that loves ideas until 07 August.
This journey for Venus in Gemini brings a bit of a preview of all the goodness coming into this sign for the entire year ahead. Jupiter enters The Twins on 11 June and will be also staying on bringing it’s typical fortune here until the following June of 2013. 
What will Venus prepare us for? Well, she is the lover of peace, luxury, money, art, relationships and truly where an easy feeling can be felt within the life. Taking up this extra special time in Gemini will pave the way for what Jupiter will bring in further abundance later. Under her Retrograde passage 15 May to 27 June, she’ll simply ask we take a little cleaning up where The Twins reside and be truly ready for Jupiter to sweep in his enthusiasm as summer really heats up!
Venus in Gemini will grant a collective tendency for affections to be flirtatious and spontaneous; and if the disconnect is around, perhaps a bit dispassionate and superficial. You may notice a distracted and dual energy around, especially under the Retrograde passage. More to come on the full expectation of all the do’s and don’ts under her reflective offering.
The entire passage of Venus with The Twins will have many diving into intellectual pursuits, and loving what learning, information and travel can do to bring calm to the mind. Always the benevolent planet, this will be a time when good humor, youthful, communicative, and refined dispositions will be bouncing all around as Spring keeps on growing. 
Check in with your Gemini piece of the Zodiac Pie to see where some wonderful energy is about to explode, as well as an offering to clear the slate here in true balance as Jupiter’s blessings are soon to arrive here and begin to flourish as well.